At sunset, the crickets begin to chirp and the fireflies light up the night.
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Chirp
//t͡ʃɜːp//
Synonyms for "chirp" (156 found)
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2 entriesderived
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11 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تغريد noun (birds)
- تغريدة noun (birds)
- تَغْرِيد noun (birds)
- تَغْرِيدَة noun (birds)
Bulgarian
4 entries- цвъртене noun (insects)
- чуруликане noun (birds)
- цвъртя verb (insects)
- чуруликам verb (birds)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- چرکا noun (birds)
- چرکا noun (insects)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 啁啾 noun (birds)
- 唧唧叫 verb (birds)
- 譟 /噪 verb (birds)
- 鳴 /鸣 verb (birds)
Czech
3 entries- cvrlikat verb (birds)
- štěbetat impf švitořit verb (birds)
- šveholit verb (birds)
Danish
3 entries- pip noun (birds)
- kvidre verb (birds)
- pippe verb (birds)
Dari
1 entries- چَرِق noun (birds)
Dutch
3 entries- tjilpen verb (birds)
- tjirpen verb (birds)
- tjirpen verb (insects)
Esperanto
2 entries- pepo noun (birds)
- pepi verb (birds)
Finnish
4 entries- siritys noun (insects)
- sirkutus noun (birds)
- viserrys noun (birds)
- kimittää verb (to speak in high pitch)
French
4 entries- craquètement noun (insects)
- piaillement noun (birds)
- pépiement noun (birds)
- stridulation noun (insects)
Georgian
1 entries- ჟღურტულებს verb (birds)
German
4 entries- Pfeifen noun (birds)
- Zirpen noun (insects)
- fiepen verb (insects)
- schnattern verb (to speak in high pitch)
Greek
4 entries- τερέτισμα noun (insects)
- τιτίβισμα noun (birds)
- κελαηδώ verb (birds)
- τερετίζω verb (insects)
Hebrew
3 entries- צִיּוּץ noun (birds)
- צִיּוּץ noun (insects)
- צִפְצֵף verb (birds)
Hungarian
4 entries- ciripelés noun (birds)
- ciripelés noun (insects)
- csicsergés noun (birds)
- csiripelés noun (birds)
Indonesian
1 entries- ciak verb (birds)
Irish
2 entries- gíog noun (birds)
- gíog verb (birds)
Italian
4 entries- cinguettio noun (birds)
- stridio noun (insects)
- trillo noun (birds)
- cinguettare verb (birds)
Japanese
3 entries- 囀り noun (birds)
- 囀る verb (birds)
- 鳴く verb (birds)
Latin
3 entries- pīpiō noun (birds)
- pīpilō verb (birds)
- pīpiō verb (birds)
Middle English
2 entries- chirm noun (birds)
- chirmen verb (birds)
Māori
4 entries- kitā noun (insects)
- waiari noun (birds)
- ketekete verb (birds)
- kitā verb (insects)
Persian
1 entries- چاویدن verb (birds)
Polish
2 entries- świergot noun (birds)
- świergotać verb (birds)
Portuguese
4 entries- chilro noun (birds)
- cricrilar noun (insects)
- gorjeio noun (birds)
- pio noun (birds)
Romanian
4 entries- ciripit noun (birds)
- țârâit noun (insects)
- ciripi verb (birds)
- țârâi verb (insects)
Russian
4 entries- гуде́ние noun (insects)
- жужжа́ние noun (insects)
- стрёкот noun (insects)
- чик-чири́к noun (birds)
Spanish
4 entries- chirrido noun (insects)
- trino noun (birds)
- chiar verb (birds)
- chirriar verb (insects)
Swedish
2 entries- kvitter noun (birds)
- kvittra verb (birds)
Tagalog
3 entries- siyap noun (birds)
- sumiyap verb (birds)
- sumiyap verb (insects)
Tamil
1 entries- கீச்சு noun (birds)
Zazaki
2 entries- wizen noun (insects)
- wiçen noun (birds)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The birds chirp loudly while flying rapidly.
Source: tatoeba (1745521)
Are there birds with this kind of chirp in Australia too?
Source: tatoeba (3281091)
Listen to the birds chirp.
Source: tatoeba (6017265)
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